Waiving exams through the CBA

• APEGS: some members-in-training can waive confirmatory exams through the CBA; the Academic Review Committee decides who may.
• Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba: since July 2025 engineering candidates can complete CBA Category 1 instead; if the experience is not accepted after three submissions, the exams must be written.
• EGBC, Policy 1.C: for non-accredited degrees, with five or more years of experience in the degree discipline and a strong validation record (all validations positive, two P.Eng validators in your discipline, one recent supervisor who is a P.Eng). If both assessors accept every category, no exams are assigned; if only one does, the Credentials Committee decides.

These routes reward long, well-documented experience in the same discipline as your degree, validated by licensed P.Eng supervisors. If your experience is short, mixed or hard to validate, writing the exams is often faster than a CBA that is sent back.

Read your regulator's current rules first. CertNova's P.Eng Guide covers these routes with their source documents, and CBA Pro helps you write the competencies they rely on.